They really shouldn't bother doing origin stories for the fantastic four. Anyone who is going to see the movie already knows their origin(If by some improbably event they don't too bad.) Just drop the team down in the negative zone or parallel universe and get going. We really don't need rocket cosmic ray bit. If you absolutely must have something just do a few flash backs.

If it is a reboot, I hope they don't make the mistake of mixing the FF's origin with Doctor Doom's. At best, show the pre-scarred Doom as Reed's dick classmate from college, and then introduce him properly in the sequel.

One of the best lessons to learn from Nolan is that you don't introduce the hero's main villain in the first movie. Even if you do a good job, you've shot your wad in the beginning, and your next film is stuck trying to hype the B- and C-listers.

Meh. I was never a big FF fan, but I thought the movies were all right. I thought their comics were weak and formulaic, and I don't see much of a development plan for movies past Doom and Galactus. I'm not meaning to slam the comic for people that love it, but I just never felt that they were well-written, except for Ben Grimm, and Reed is a problem, in that he seems only interested in cosmic science when maybe he should be curing AIDS or cancer or something.

Any Pie Left:Meh. I was never a big FF fan, but I thought the movies were all right. I thought their comics were weak and formulaic, and I don't see much of a development plan for movies past Doom and Galactus. I'm not meaning to slam the comic for people that love it, but I just never felt that they were well-written, except for Ben Grimm, and Reed is a problem, in that he seems only interested in cosmic science when maybe he should be curing AIDS or cancer or something

texdent:Any Pie Left: Meh. I was never a big FF fan, but I thought the movies were all right. I thought their comics were weak and formulaic, and I don't see much of a development plan for movies past Doom and Galactus. I'm not meaning to slam the comic for people that love it, but I just never felt that they were well-written, except for Ben Grimm, and Reed is a problem, in that he seems only interested in cosmic science when maybe he should be curing AIDS or cancer or something

Reed Richards Is Useless

That's why I'd love to see a movie based on Nobody get out Alive. One crazed Reed goes through alternative universes killing each one's Reed Richards. Bonus: Galactus, Silver Surfer and The Watcher.

You know what would be awesome? An "Eternals" movie. Just take out the Marvel heroes and civil war sub-plot, and just make a story about elder gods and child TV stars with powers and giants killing stuff. That'd be worth seeing. Why keep re-making the same movie over and over again?

I think our level of Kirby-ness hasn't progressed that far. There was a bit of it in the Thor movie, let them try their hand at some "Negative Zone" stuff in a FF reboot before going all out Eternals or New Gods.

Which is basically what I'd want in an FF movie: inter-dimensional exploration, family-style. Maybe they should go "First Class" and try a retro approach.

/plus Doom, of course (a proper one)//while we're at it: No "Ultimate" crap at all